Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Passenger Missing (NBC 6 Miami) A Royal Caribbean International cruise ship resumed its voyage to Puerto Rico on Tuesday as Coast Guard crews searched for a passenger reported missing a day earlier....more...Cruise passenger lost near Bahamas (Miami Herald) A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Miami bound for Puerto Rico was reported missing early Monday....more... Coast Guard hunts cruise passenger (Florida Today) MIAMI -- A Royal Caribbean International cruise ship resumed its voyage to Puerto Rico today as Coast Guard crews searched for a passenger reported missing a day earlier. The Freedom of the Seas turned around Monday to return to the waters east of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, where it had been sailing when the man was last reported seen. The Coast Guard resumed a search of those waters today by ......more... Cruise ship reports passenger missing (Florida Today) A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Miami bound for Puerto Rico was reported missing early today. The 24-year-old passenger was last seen resting on a balcony outside his room by his brother and a friend at 1:45 a.m. Monday, when the Freedom of the Seas ship was sailing near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. He was reported missing by his family at 8:30 a.m. The man ......more... A package of news briefs from the Caribbean (The Daily Comet) HAVANA Acting President Raul Castro blinked back tears Tuesday as he placed a red rose before a portrait of his late wife, Vilma Espin Guillois, a guerrilla warrior and women's rights pioneer who was the first lady of the Cuban revolution....more... Florida business briefs (Miami Herald) Verizon Wireless has sued four Miami companies in New Jersey federal court alleging they conducted an illegal telemarketing campaign to its cellphone customers....more... Summer Solstice Sheds New Light on Celebrity Solstice(SM) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Celebrity Cruises is beaming about the approach of summer solstice. The term for the longest day and shortest night of the year, summer solstice traditionally marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but at Celebrity Cruises, it also marks the opening of bookings for Celebrity Solstice, the top-rated premium cruise line's first new ship since 2002....more... Six species of Caribbean coral at risk (MSNBC) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday....more... Six coral species in danger of extinction, scientists say (Contra Costa Times) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean because of rising temperatures and toxic runoff from island development, according to a study released Thursday....more... |